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Lira City receives 100 tree seedlings for planting

LIRA- Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] Champions in partnership with Uganda National NGO Forum through the Office of the Prime Minister have offered 100 different tree seedlings for planting in Lira City with…

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RDC Jonga warns Kwania leaders against discrimination as disbursement of PDM cash kicks off

KWANIA– Jacob Jonga, the Kwania deputy resident district commissioner has warned leaders in the district against handpicking people to benefit from the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds. PDM was launched on Feb…

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Africa sees coffee exports drop 9.8 percent in May 2023

KAMPALA – Africa saw its coffee exports of all forms drop by 9.8 percent to 0.94 million bags in April 2023 down from 1.04mln bags in April 2022, the International Coffee Organisation…

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Mbarara City councillors, clerk feud over low revenue collection

MBARARA – Mbarara City Councillors have tasked the city clerk to collect arrears amounting to Shs 300 million from tenderers within a period of one week. During a city council meeting held…

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Nebbi district budget cut by 12 percent

NEBBI – Nebbi district councillors have passed an estimated budget of Shs 36.4 billion for the financial year 2023/2024, which is a decline of 12 percent when compared to Shs 41bln budget…

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Agro-processing facilities lie idle in Kapelebyong district

KAPELEBYONG – Famers in Kapelebyong district are in agony as agro-processing facilities established about six years ago by government under the Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme-project 2 [CAIIP-II] lie idle. Among the agro-processing facilities…

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Amuru risks losing over Shs 1.1bln for irrigation equipment

AMURU-Amuru district production department is at risk of losing at least Shs 1.1 billion meant for procuring small-scale irrigation equipment. The government allocated the said money through the Micro Scale Irrigation Programme…

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Hoima City: Implementation of PDM messed up 

HOIMA – Implementers of the Parish Development Model [PDM] who include parish chiefs, town agents, and commercials officers in Hoima City have been blamed for the slow progress of the government programme…

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Smallholder farmers in Teso to benefit from market linkages

SOROTI – Smallholder farmers in Teso Sub-region will in the near future be helped to get market for their produce market by African Women Agrobusiness Network [AWAN], a non-governmental organisation that provides…

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Degraded landscapes in Uganda to be planted with indigenous trees

SEMBABULE – Uganda has been selected among the seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa to implement a five-year project for the restoration of degraded landscapes in communities that are most at…

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